Chapter 298: We Will Protect Everyone As Much As Possible, But It’s Impossible To Save Everyone
It was said that drawing the formation would take over a month, but in reality, Ming Zhaoshuang and the others spent two full months.
It wasn’t that Ming Zhaoshuang’s strength was insufficient, but rather because they considered that the mortal women might also be eroded by the vengeful energy of Youdu Mountain. Therefore, while they were destroying the Calamity-Protecting Long Sha Formation, they also planned to establish several formations outside to protect these mortal women, allowing them to hide inside immediately.
However, fortunately, they tried it, and Ming Zhaoshuang’s formation passed on the first try without any issues.
Of course, Ming Zhaoshuang did not have the ability to set up a formation that enveloped the Calamity-Protecting Long Sha Formation; she could only draw several other small formations around it using divine bones.
They also could not guarantee what would happen to these mortal women when they destroyed the Calamity-Protecting Long Sha Formation.
But this was all they could do.
However, upon careful consideration, these mortal women were gestating immortal embryos. Among that group, there were at least pill cultivators, so they likely wouldn’t just let them die for nothing.
Shen Yuyin still hesitated, “If these mortal women came here willingly, by doing this, wouldn’t we be acting as villains?”
The other three clearly had also considered this aspect, and their expressions were somewhat grim.
If they involved these innocent mortal women because they were destroying the Calamity-Protecting Long Sha Formation, wouldn’t that make them more detestable than the people who captured them?
“Sometimes, some things have no good or evil, only right or wrong.”
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “Whether they came here willingly or not, this action is wrong. If they are eroded by the vengeful energy of Youdu Mountain, they can only blame themselves. If they were forced to come here, with our strength, we can only do this much. As for whether they can survive, it depends on themselves.”
“We will do our best to protect everyone, but we cannot protect everyone.”
However, she believed that these women who could contend with immortal embryos were definitely not weak and easily bullied, nor were they people who willingly walked to their deaths.
“Let’s go, it’s time to act.”
Saying this, Ming Zhaoshuang strode forward with her head held high towards the Calamity-Protecting Long Sha Formation.
The rest of the group followed behind her.
“Xingyun and I will take the lead. With Second Young Lady’s domain creation, while we may not be able to defeat them, we should be able to stall them for a while.”
As soon as they stepped into the Calamity-Protecting Long Sha Formation, Xingyun said.
Tan Zhu was a pill cultivator and lacked combat power, but she still took out two pills for Xingyun and Liushui:
“These are Essence Gathering Pills refined by my Honored Master. They can temporarily raise your cultivation by one major realm, but after use, you will also face three days of exhaustion and be unable to use spiritual power.”
Any spell or pill that could temporarily increase a person’s cultivation had extremely powerful side effects. It was like Xie Yanning’s Golden Jade Rotten Cotton Technique, which could increase cultivation by a whole major realm, but consequently lowered it by a major realm.
Tan Zhu’s Essence Gathering Pills were the same.
However, Yixu was indeed an Alchemy Saint; such a pill only resulted in three days of temporary exhaustion.
Upon hearing this, Liushui immediately snatched the pills from Tan Zhu’s hand and laughed, “This is too amazing! We’ll improve by one major realm, and that’s the Body Integration Stage, the Body Integration Stage! Now, let alone stalling, we can even kill them without any problem!”
Xingyun also said, “The alchemy fragrance of this pill is so rich just by smelling it, it’s definitely not ordinary! I wonder about Fairy Tan’s Honored Master…”
Suddenly, a chilling sharpness interrupted Xingyun’s words!
Xingyun looked up in astonishment and saw that a cultivator in the mid-Void Refinement Stage had already appeared before them.
“Kid, wasn’t losing your Senior Brother enough? Do you have to sacrifice yourself too?”
The man’s brows were furrowed, and his expression was extremely sinister.
Liushui directly swung his sword, “Who are you calling kid! We are your father!”
A mere mid-Void Refinement Stage cultivator dared to shout in front of them.
They had already lost an elder and a senior brother, making them extremely irritable. Now they had to endure the taunts of such scum, which was unbearable!
Liushui did not hold back in this move, using ten percent of his strength, forcing the man back several steps, spitting blood, and barely managing to resist.
And when Xingyun and Liushui looked up again, more than ten cultivators were densely occupying the space before them, clearly beings whose slightest move would affect the entire situation.
Four at the Body Integration Stage, six at the Void Refinement Stage.
Ming Zhaoshuang did not hesitate and immediately summoned Sang Biao, “Go, Pikachu!”
As Sang Biao’s mid-Mahayana Stage pressure emerged, the expressions of these people changed.
This was the divine beast Qiongqi!
Shen Yuyin also did not hesitate and summoned Jingwei. She and Tan Zhu sat upon it, looking down low. The flute music, which had been suppressed for two months, suddenly sounded, mournful and vast, sending a tremor through their hearts.
At the same time, those cultivators suddenly felt as if they had fallen into some terrifying domain, as if their hands and legs were numb, and they were unable to exert any strength.
This was a joke! Domain Creation was Shen Yuyin’s specialty, especially in weakening opponents. She was simply too good at it. Even though her cultivation was only at the late Nascent Soul Stage, it was enough to affect them!
Not to mention that she had also swallowed an Essence Gathering Pill.
Sang Biao, after hearing Shen Yuyin’s flute music, immediately became agile and let out a roar towards these cultivators, shaking the heavens and earth, instilling fear.
And following his roar, a deep voice also emerged.
“I was wondering who it was. It turns out to be the ferocious beast Qiongqi.”
The person speaking was clearly Tian Hong, the Mahayana Stage Expert who was stationed in the Calamity-Protecting Long Sha Formation.
He had white hair and an aged face, clearly approaching the end of his lifespan. Looking at Sang Biao, his shrewd eyes revealed a hint of greed.
He was currently over 14,000 years old. If he didn’t break through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage soon, he would likely be annihilated in the history of the cultivation world. Therefore, among the Mahayana Stage ghost cultivators, Emperor Fengdu had specifically assigned him to guard this disreputable place.
He didn’t expect to encounter Sang Biao.
And he was only at the Soul Realm.
Sang Biao’s cultivation was similar to his. If he could kill, refine, or even absorb him, perhaps he could break through to the late Mahayana Stage and have another two thousand years to attempt the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
Thinking this, his eyes flashed with ferocity, “Li Kai, Wang Zhiwei, you two come with me to fight the ferocious beast Qiongqi! As for the others, dealing with this scum should not be a problem, right!”
Li Kai and Wang Zhiwei were both at the late Body Integration Stage, and besides Tian Hong, they were the two most powerful individuals in this area.
Sang Biao was a divine beast, and he was not inferior to Mahayana Stage cultivators. Therefore, Tian Hong did not plan to fight him alone; he only intended to entangle Sang Biao with them and wear him down slowly.
As for the remaining four people, they were at most two late Void Refinement Stage sword cultivators, one mid-Void Refinement Stage pill cultivator, and one late Nascent Soul Stage music cultivator.
Even if that Jingwei had reached the mid-Void Refinement Stage, it still had to protect those two, didn’t it?
Therefore, to them, these people were just here to die!
